- “Boss, remember that customer of our restaurant who came to us for a whole year, and then something didn’t suit him, and he left us for the neighboring restaurant?”
- “Yes, I remember, what about it?”
- “So, boss, the neighboring restaurant is closed today, and he came to us for dinner. Shall we serve him yesterday’s vegetables and stale bread for
For many years, I’ve been driving myself around Europe on vacation. Driving on the autobahn there is not a chore but a pleasure.
During this time, I’ve learned several lessons that I’ll share with those who are about to travel the expanses of Europe:
- Don’t honk. Honking is considered bad manners here. Only in the most extreme cases should you
Success bit by bit
When you carry one stone to one place every day, no one notices.
The daily price of big wins. Then the day comes when you find yourself on top of a mountain of your own stones.
Everyone is jealous of you and wants to get in your place.
But few people want to wear one stone every day.
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Read moreGreatness in relation to those below.
Today, many well-off people have helpers at home: housekeepers, nannies, drivers, security guards, etc.
Different relationships develop between employers and employees.
It happens that the newly-made rich think of themselves as feudal lords (bays) and treat the workers as serfs: arrogant, disdainful, consider them second-class people.
Others treat the assistants almost like family members: respectful, friendly, warm.
The same two …
Read moreCriticism from subordinates.
I recently had to fire an employee. It’s just that our approaches to work did not coincide. It happens.
So after the dismissal, she wrote me a long message, where she expressed everything that she thinks about me.
It turned out that I am too dry in my work, I do not pay attention to relations with employees, I often …
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I recently went to a general practitioner with complaints of neck and back pain. She glanced at me briefly, then lowered her head to her computer and continued typing.
– “Everything is clear, – she told, – You have low back pain. You have too tight neck and spine muscles that are squeezed and create pain.”
I was surprised:- “How …
Read moreRegularities and accidents.
Once a newlywed couple came to visit us, a niece and her husband.
The honeymoon is in full swing, eyes burning, hand in hand, embarrassed smiles. In general, everything is as it should be.
I look at them and rejoice. I was like that myself.
But the devil pulled me to enter into a discussion with them.
The niece believes …
Read moreThey say don’t raise children, educate yourself. Children will learn on their own by watching you.
I was once again convinced of this truth today
when I became an involuntary witness to one scene.
A woman and a little girl walked along the aisles of a toy store. Suddenly the woman turned awkwardly and touched some kind of plastic toy, …
Read moreWhen will the police leave prostitutes alone?!
Let me remind you that, by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, prostitution is not a crime, therefore the priestesses of love do not violate any laws, and regular raids on them, detentions, and delivery to the police station to determine their identity is a gross violation of human rights.
This is the same as if the police regularly …
Read more“Fishing rod” for the disabled.
All my life, I’ve always felt sorry for the disabled. After all, they became them through no fault of their own. In most cases, people become disabled at birth or due to an unfortunate combination of circumstances. I wanted to somehow correct this injustice in life and help them.
At the same time, I would like to help not spontaneously, …
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